The Vision of Sir Launfal

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John Bartlett, 1849 - 28 pagini

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Pagina 5 - blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers; The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there 's never a leaf or a
Pagina 27 - There is no spot she loves so well on ground, She lingers and smiles there the whole year round; The meanest serf on Sir LaunfaPs land Has hall and bower at his command ; And there 's no poor man in the North Countree But is lord of the earldom as much as he.
Pagina 26 - The castle-gate stands open now, And the wanderer is welcome to the hall As the hangbird is to the elm-tree bough; No longer scowl the turrets tall, The Summer's long siege at last is o'er ; When the first poor outcast went in at the door, She entered with him in disguise,
Pagina 6 - The breeze comes whispering in our ear, That dandelions are blossoming near, That maize has sprouted, that streams are flowing, That the river is bluer than the sky, That the robin is plastering his house hard by; And if the breeze kept the good news back,
Pagina 18 - And hung them thickly with diamond drops, Which crystalled the beams of moon and sun, And made a star of every one : No mortal builder's most rare device Could match this winter-palace of ice ; 'T was as if every image that mirrored lay
Pagina 26 - IX. Sir Launfal awoke, as from a swound ; — " The Grail in my castle here is found ! Hang my idle armor up on the wall, Let it be the spider's banquet-hall ; He must be fenced with stronger mail Who would seek and find the Holy Grail.
Pagina 4 - with a whole soul's tasking : 'T is heaven alone that is given away, 'T is only God may be had for the asking; There is no price set on the lavish summer, And June may be had by the poorest comer
Pagina 10 - round it for leagues her pavilions tall Stretched left and right, Over the hills and out of sight; Green and broad was every tent,

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